Australia v Sri Lanka, Brisbane

Sri Lanka 144/10 & 139/9

Australia 323/10

Australia won by 40 runs

Australia v Sri Lanka 2019 · 1st Test Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane 24–26 Jan 2019

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Sri Lanka had it far tougher than Australia.

Sri Lanka

0.90× -10%

Australia

1.32× +32%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Australia led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

N Dickwella Sri Lanka

88 +204

TM Head Australia

84 +119

M Labuschagne Australia

81 +111

HDRL Thirimanne Sri Lanka

44 +52

MS Harris Australia

44 +48

Best bowling

Top match figures

PJ Cummins6/23

RAS Lakmal5/75

PJ Cummins4/39

JA Richardson3/26

Top score

TM Head · Australia

Biggest stand

166

5th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–18

3 wkts for 18 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultAustralia won by 40 runs

Length3 days

Sri Lanka

144 /10 (56.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c TD Paine b NM Lyon	24	70	1	0	34.29
HDRL Thirimanne	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	12	30	1	0	40.00
LD Chandimal	c JA Burns b JA Richardson	5	7	1	0	71.43
BKG Mendis	b JA Richardson	14	44	1	0	31.82
ARS Silva	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	9	56	1	0	16.07
DM de Silva	c TD Paine b JA Richardson	5	17	0	0	29.41
N Dickwella	c KR Patterson b PJ Cummins	64	78	6	1	82.05
MDK Perera	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	1	16	0	0	6.25
RAS Lakmal	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	7	4	1	0	175.00
PVD Chameera	c KR Patterson b PJ Cummins	0	20	0	0	0.00

Extras 3 (w 1, nb 2)

Total 144/10 (56.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	12.0	2	41	2	3.42
JA Richardson	14.0	5	26	3	1.86
PJ Cummins	14.4	4	39	4	2.66
NM Lyon	16.0	3	38	1	2.38

Fall of wickets

1-26 (HDRL Thirimanne, 10.2)·2-31 (LD Chandimal, 11.6)·3-54 (FDM Karunaratne, 21.6)·4-58 (BKG Mendis, 26.3)·5-66 (DM de Silva, 32.3)·6-91 (ARS Silva, 42.4)·7-102 (RAS Lakmal, 45.4)·8-106 (MDK Perera, 47.4)·9-144 (N Dickwella, 56.2)·10-144 (PVD Chameera, 56.4)

Australia

323 /10 (106.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Harris	c HDRL Thirimanne b CBRLS Kumara	44	88	6	0	50.00
JA Burns	c BKG Mendis b RAS Lakmal	15	30	3	0	50.00
UT Khawaja	b MDK Perera	11	29	1	0	37.93
NM Lyon	c BKG Mendis b RAS Lakmal	1	23	0	0	4.35
M Labuschagne	c HDRL Thirimanne b DM de Silva	81	150	4	0	54.00
TM Head	lbw b RAS Lakmal	84	187	10	0	44.92
KR Patterson	lbw b RAS Lakmal	30	82	3	0	36.59
TD Paine	c BKG Mendis b RAS Lakmal	0	1	0	0	0.00
PJ Cummins	c N Dickwella b PVD Chameera	0	21	0	0	0.00
MA Starc*	not out	26	25	4	1	104.00
JA Richardson	c FDM Karunaratne b MDK Perera	1	7	0	0	14.29

Extras 30 (b 6, lb 17, w 2, nb 5)

Total 323/10 (106.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	27.0	9	75	5	2.78
CBRLS Kumara	15.0	5	37	1	2.47
PVD Chameera	21.0	3	68	1	3.24
MDK Perera	32.2	10	84	2	2.60
DM de Silva	8.0	3	22	1	2.75
FDM Karunaratne	3.0	0	14	0	4.67

Fall of wickets

1-37 (JA Burns, 10.3)·2-72 (UT Khawaja, 22.1)·3-76 (MS Harris, 25.6)·4-82 (NM Lyon, 28.4)·5-248 (M Labuschagne, 78.1)·6-272 (TM Head, 89.5)·7-272 (TD Paine, 89.6)·8-278 (PJ Cummins, 97.5)·9-304 (KR Patterson, 103.4)·10-323 (JA Richardson, 106.2)

Sri Lanka

139 /9 (50.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	3	18	0	16.67
HDRL Thirimanne	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	32	98	1	32.65
LD Chandimal	c KR Patterson b PJ Cummins	0	2	0	0.00
BKG Mendis	c JA Burns b PJ Cummins	1	7	0	14.29
ARS Silva	c JA Burns b PJ Cummins	3	22	0	13.64
DM de Silva	b JA Richardson	14	46	0	30.43
N Dickwella	c MS Harris b JA Richardson	24	39	4	61.54
MDK Perera	c KR Patterson b PJ Cummins	8	34	0	23.53
RAS Lakmal	st TD Paine b NM Lyon	24	30	3	80.00
PVD Chameera*	not out	5	10	0	50.00

Extras 25 (b 9, lb 15, nb 1)

Total 139/9 (50.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	14.0	1	56	0	4.00
JA Richardson	13.0	5	19	2	1.46
NM Lyon	8.5	3	17	1	1.92
PJ Cummins	15.0	8	23	6	1.53

Fall of wickets

1-17 (FDM Karunaratne, 5.6)·2-17 (LD Chandimal, 7.2)·3-19 (BKG Mendis, 9.1)·4-35 (ARS Silva, 17.6)·5-69 (DM de Silva, 30.6)·6-79 (HDRL Thirimanne, 33.3)·7-109 (N Dickwella, 42.6)·8-110 (MDK Perera, 44.5)·9-139 (RAS Lakmal, 50.5)